The beautiful beast.

Chapter 20

Feeling the soul chilling cold coming from Ethan, even George was surprised. 

   “Even my flames are afraid?!" 

  More reason to eliminate him!

  Seeing George having the guts to actually start contemplating when he was still standing q ball of rage unfurled in him.

  “I said what did you just say!" 

 Snapping out of his thoughts,George’s mouth did an ‘oh’ before continuing.

  “Well,you see,I'm someone who doesn't like having threats hanging around me. I am a king,an emperor! I can't have something I can't control running amok before me.”

  “You Ethan are that uncontrollable variable!”

  “But we've not even met before!" 

“Am an emperor,do I need to know you before. The life of everyone is in my palm to do as I wish!" 

  Listening to George's rambling,Ethan couldn't help but grimace. This guy was already delusional! But he still had one question in him that was burning to be asked.

With shaking hands,Ethan opened his mouth,his entire body visibly shaking.

   “Why did you kill them,they were innocent!" 

   Smirking,George looked at Ethan with a smile that was wnot a smile before saying.

"Nothing!" 

  “What?!”

   Eyes widened,Ethan exclaimed.

   “By nothing,I mean that I killed them just because I wanted to!" 

  The moment he heard that it was as if a hammer was dropped on his head. For a while he couldn't hear anything except for his own heartbeat.

  Eventually he raised his head at George before asking.

  “You killed them because you wished to.”

  “Correction,I wanted to!" 

   " Arrgh! I'm going to kill you!”

" Come on then!”

  Making a grabbing motion a two and a half meter long flame jet extended out of George's palm. Soon it morphed into a a galant looking halberd with intricate fiery designs all over it's body.

  Ethan on the other hand roared to the sky so loud that the eardrums of those nearby nearly shattered,the next moment his fingernails started to grow longer and sharper like claws. 

His head also had two stumps protruding forward which actually grew on out to become two long,curly but sharp horns.

  His entire body became slimmer yet while also becoming more agile. He did t know why but he felt that he would be much faster than previously.

   “Now!" 

Without mincing words they both clashed once again, each aware of the fact that there could only be one survivours.

  It was like there was an unspoken understanding between the two of them. 

No need for words just fight!

  Swish!

Due to the new modifications that his monsterized body had received Ethan was able to actually move faster than before much to the surprise of George. Although it was just a few percent increase,that increase was substantial enough to be noticed.

   BANG!

SLASH!

STAB!

 In just the first few seconds that the two of them had collided no less than twenty moves had been exchanged. And this twenty moves was enough to show who had the upperhand.

  BOOM!

   “What?,this is impossible!" 

  The two of them separated in samurai style,each appearing at the other's position,their backs facing each other.

  Looking below at his stomach, George's mouth was wide open in disbelief as he gasped at the wound on his chest.

   “How…?”

  Touching,the blood flowing from the wound he found it unbelievable. He has bleeding?

  This wasn't supposed to be happening,his body in this flaming avatar ws so strong that he could bet that nothing could destroy it yet Ethan's claws were able to pierce him and cause he him to bleed!

  Outrageous!

  One had to know that this was one of his top skills,he once used this skill to kill a gigantic beast monster without even as much as a sweat falling from his face.

 Yet….

  Ethan on the other hand was also examining his wounds,the halberd George was using really ws powerful as it had caused some damage to the scales covering his body with some of them having cracked.However it was not that bad as they were already healing.

  And that was not all,he wasn't even feeling the pain! 

Maybe it was because becoming a monster dulled his pain receptors—if he still had those or it was another thing entirely,he wasn't able to feel any of the damage inflicted by George.

  “Kill, kill, kill!.”

Licking,the blood staining his claws,a mad grin formed on Ethan's face. He was losing himself and he knew it. The monsterization was already clouding is memory with the only thing he could hear being to kill and that was what he was going to do.

     BANG BANG BANG

  Bursting into a sprint,he headed towards George. The force behind each of his steps was so huge that the already destroyed ground became more destroyed.

   “Fu*k, he's already coming?

Spotting the charging figure of Ethan,a trace of fear finally appeared on his face. 

 “Damn it,his scales are too tough causing ordinary weapons to be useless against him. What do I do!” 

Bathing him in a sea of flames was an option,but then that would take time considering how thick his armour was.

After a while if thinking,a sharp glint flashed through George's eyes.”I guess I have to use that power then.”

  Scanning around,his eyes soon found what he was looking for,however he didn't make it obvious. Next his body entered the active mode of the avatar state. With a speed boost in his legs, he zipped straight at Ethan while maintaining a very close distance to the ground.

  When he was just ten or so meters away from Ethan, he suddenly rose up into the air before throwing the flaming spear in his hands.

  Swish!”

Lika a plane glidibg through the air,the siear smoothly parted the air in front of it before almost instantaneously appearinf in front of the charging Ethan.

  “Hick!”

Dodging ever so slightly Ethan gracefully dodged the weapon with an agility that belied his physique before turning to face George.

  “You misse–”

  He however paused when he saw that George was smiling albeit weakly. Suddenly his senses tingled as if a deadly strike was about to hit him. He tried to leave the spot he was on but it was too late.

  SHICK!

  The sound of scales and flesh being pierced sounded out in the now empty space.

Looking down at his his left chest,he could see a metal rebar that looked just like the one he was holding earlier protruding out if his chest. It was burning red hot,literally cooking his heart.

 Raising his head with much difficulty,he gazed at George who had now descended with hatred in his eyes.

   George however didn't mind and only smiled while raising a dagger he got from who knows where.

“I hope you have better luck in another life!"

  And then

STAB!

Darkness….